Although the COVID-19 pandemic has put the brakes on Australia's paid market economy, our unpaid non-market economy – the cooking, cleaning and caring taking place within Australians' households – is still going strong. Join us for this online panel discussion, which is part of ESA's national webinar series and is brought to you by Women in Economics. Timing of this event is AEST.

Join the Mises Institute’s Dr. Lucas Engelhardt for a seminar on the ideas of Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich von Hayek, Murray Rothbard and the economists who shaped this fascinating heterodox school of thought. Topics covered include the contrasts between Austrian and orthodox schools of thought, and the enduring relevance of Austrian School ideas to modern dilemmas.

Restrictions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to affect Australian workers at levels not seen since the early 1990s. What are likely to be the impacts of the current economic crisis on different segments of the Australia labour market? Timing of this event is AEST.

Join University of Newcastle Professor Emeritus of Economics and Director of the Centre of Full Employment and Equity Bill Mitchell to discuss "flattening the Phillips Curve", full employment, the role of price anchors and automatic stabilisers versus discretionary fiscal policy, how the 'price rule' of stimulus contrasts with the 'quantity rule' of conventional Keynesian pump-priming, and the choice between unemployed buffer stocks (the NAIRU) and employed buffer stocks (the NAIBER) in inflation management policy.

During this challenging time, ABE will trial a program of briefings to be delivered as webinars. As the first in this series ABE are pleased to present a briefing and discussion with David Gruen, Australian Statistician - Measuring the impacts of COVID-19

Shane Wright (Age/SMH) will lead a panel of academic and policy experts in analysing the fiscal response to the COVID crisis by Australian governments. Have governments done enough to respond to the economic fallout from the crisis? Where to from here? And how will we pay for it?

Emerging Economist Series 2020 Consisting of six sit-down lunches, the Series will be held at the Reserve Bank of Australia. Attendance is by subscription to all six lunches and can be shared amongst your colleagues. Alternatively, you can purchase tickets for individual lunches, subject to availability. The program offers a fantastic professional development opportunity for economists. The first lunch will take place on Weds 1 April with Dr Cassandra Goldie as our special guest. REGISTER NOW

Unfortunately with the risk of Covid 19 and universities cancelling events on campuses we are not going ahead with the event as planned and will reschedule for later in the year.

The presentation will analyse when industry benchmarking and other information sharing agreements become collusion and lessen competition in a substantial way. It will highlight practices which are of concern to competition agencies such as e ACCC (Australia), FTC/DOJ (US) and EC (Europe). Past court cases and current competition guidelines will be discussed.

Given the exceptional circumstances surrounding COVID-19, the Victorian Branch of the Economic Society of Australia has cancelled this event. The Branch is exploring ways to engage members and deliver relevant content that does not involve face-to-face contact, such as through podcasts or webinars. This is includes the research that was to be showcased in this event.

Join us for a new event which brings together the Economics Society of Australia (NSW) and the Australian Business Economists for an evening of forecasts and fun. On the evening, you’ll hear from some of NSW’s most respected economists, who will be sharing their forecasts – both economic and other – for 2020. Introduction and welcome by Luci Ellis from the Reserve Bank of Australia. You’ll have a chance to connect with other economists, build your network (effects) and indulge in some game (theory).

COVID-19 notice: If any visitor to PwC has travelled to or transited through any international location in the last 14 days (other than the exceptions noted on the PwC website), we ask that they do not attend our premises and seek a refund on any ticket purchase. More detail is available at: https://www.pwc.com.au/about-us/notices/coronavirus.html

Whether you’re an economist who is new to Melbourne, working in a government department or in consulting, or a freshly enrolled postgraduate student of economics, this event is for you.

Please come and join us for a panel discussion with current graduates who have survived the process in government and the private sector and two experts in the process. There will also be time for you to meet other students.

Please come and join us for a panel discussion with current graduates who have survived the process in government and the private sector and two experts in the process. There will also be time for you to meet other students.

John Quiggin is a Vice-Chancellor’s Senior Fellow in Economics at the University of Queensland. He is a prominent research economist and commentator on Australian and international economic policy. His new book, Economics in Two Lessons: Why Markets Work and Why they can Fail so Badly, was released in April 2019 by Princeton University Press.